Something New This Mating Season in Fridley: Male Turkeys
A young male, or jake, has a short beard and tiny snood.
No one knows yet what the spring season holds for the Fridley Tigers, the Spring Lake Park Panthers, or the Totino-Grace Eagles. But for the Springbrook Nature Center turkeys, this spring will be better than past years. It's mating season, and for the first time the park has male turkeys strutting their stuff for the females. According to Siah St. Clair, director at Springbrook, We have had females here before, but this is the first year that we have had males. Just a few minutes ago I was taking pictures of 4, two females and two males. The male is displaying in the birdfeeding area in front of the windows. He was gobbling a few minutes ago. I think he sees his reflection in the window and thinks it is another male displaying almost as …
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Chris Steller
9:41 am on Saturday, April 16, 2011
Weird is a good word for them, Pam. Feel free to upload a photo to this post. I'm hoping to have some video up later. more ›